Shawn Brock -> RE: How to build a guitar resistant to high humidity levels.. (Jan. 9 2012 22:10:53)
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Well... Right now I have 11 guitars, but I'm quite sure you were asking about flamencos, and the answer to that is 4. Lets cut that to 3, cause 1 of them is a Cordoba GK Studio that I bought for plugging in at gigs, and I'm not sure that I would hands down call those guitars flamencos. Interestingly enough all I have are blancas. A 1960 Ramirez, a 2008 Castillo with a cedar top and a 2008 Navarro. I will be back in the action again before long though, just as soon as I get this Ramirez and Navarro sold... I had the Ramirez sold, but the guy never could get his money together, now I have another serious buyer, so hopefully it won't be long. I had a 94 Conde negra that I wish I hadn't let go of, but that's that... I have been pondering what I want next and just can't decide on either the maker I want, or negra or blanca. Truthfully I need 2 more good guitars, a good spruce blanca and a negra. Its just the question of what I want first, because my old lady will have a fit if more guitars are coming into the house than are going out. I used to do a lot of trading and selling of high end steel string guitars, and then classicals, and finely I woke up and have found my love in flamenco. Its one of those, to know where you are going, you have to know where you came from, kind of moments. I don't want to follow the musical trends anymore, I want to recapture what was, and the hell with the future. I have a feeling that when I have money in my hand from the sale of this Ramirez, I'll know what I want, and from whom I want it from and I'll just order it. Then the game will begin again... I can tell you one thing for sure about my future guitars, I'll be going with pegs or Planetary Pegs, everything else is still up in the air... Its to bad that the world don't have a "flamenco guitar library", where you could check guitars out for a while and take them back. There are so many makers who I believe are way ahead of the game, but you can't hardly play anything they have built unless you order it. By the way, are you ordering your negra from Peter as well, or are you still deciding who to go with?
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